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Phytolaccaceae . 



Didymotheca thesioides, Hook. f. Karoonda (Dist. M) . 



Codonocarpus cotinifolius, F. v. M. North of Murat 

 Bay (Border of Dist. L and W). Mr. B. P. Bowering, the- 

 local schoolmaster, says there are only a few of these trees 

 in the locality. 



AlZOACEAE. 



*Mesembryanthemu>n crystallinum, L. "Ice Plant."' 

 Spreading on the sandy soil near Murat Bay. 



*Galenia secunda, Sond. Received bv the Agricultural 

 Department from Port Germein, where it is called "Cali- 

 fornian lucerne," because the seed is believed to have come 

 in the ballast of a ship from California. A South African 

 weed, recorded in Victoria in 1902, but not found hitherto 

 in South Australia. 



CARYOPHYLL ACE AE . 



*Silene noctunia, L. Renmark. 



*Spergtda arvensis, L. "Corn Spurry." Karoonda. 



"Hemiaria hirsuta, L. Mannum. This Mediterranean 

 plant has already been noted for Woolshed Flat and Wallaroo,, 

 but has not hitherto been collected on the Murray. 



Papaveraceae. 

 *Papaver Argemone, L. Melrcse. Only one specimen 

 of this European poppy (not hitherto recorded for South 

 Australia) was found. 



Cruciferae. 



Menkea villosula (F. v. M. et Tate), J. M. Black. This 

 alteration of the specific name of Jl . hispidula (these Trans., 

 xxxix., 830) has become necessary under Art. 48 of the rules 

 of nomenclature adopted at the Vienna Congress, because 

 Professor Ewart finds, after comparison with Helms' speci- 

 mens in the National Herbarium of Victoria, that M . hispi- 

 dida is identical with Gapsella villosula, F. v. M. et Tate. 

 His examination of the Melbourne specimens confirms the- 

 necessity of transferring the species to Menkea. 



Stenopetalum sphaerocarpum, F. v. M. Minnipa (border 

 of Dist. L and W). Slender annual in fruit (November) : 

 growing in the shelter of Porcupine Grass (Triad in Janata). 



^Sisymbrium oriervtale, L. "Oriental Rocket" or "Wild 

 Mustard." Grows with extreme luxuriance in the Trans- 

 Murray scrub near Karoonda. 



Lepidium fasciculatum, Thell. Renmark; Gladstone. 

 Differs from L. ruderale, L., in the short dense fruiting 

 raceme, the pod cuneate towards the base, and the four 

 minute white petals about half the length of the sepals. L. 



